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Table 1 Summary of an artificial DNA barcoding dataset containing known arthropod COI nuMTs

From: Profile hidden Markov model sequence analysis can help remove putative pseudogenes from DNA barcoding and metabarcoding datasets

Class

Order

Species [citation]

Gene sequences (% of total)

nuMT sequences (% paleonumts / % neonumts) (% of total)

Subtotals (% of total)

Insecta

Coleoptera

Xylosandrus germanus [98, 99]

33

1 (0/100)

34 (5.6)

Insecta

Hemiptera

Bemisia tabaci [100,101,102,103]

252

7

259 (43.7)

Insecta

Hemiptera

Trialeurodes vaporariorum [98, 103]

3

1 (0/100)

4 (0.7)

Insecta

Hemiptera

Triatoma dimidiata [104]

9

1 (0/100)

10 (1.7)

Insecta

Hymenoptera

Ectatomma gibbum [105]

6

1 (0/100)

7 (1.2)

Insecta

Hymenoptera

Halictus rubicundus [98, 106, 107]

29

2 (100/0)

31 (5.2)

Insecta

Hymenoptera

Melissotarsus insularis [108]

135

79 (61/39)

214 (36.1)

Insecta

Orthoptera

Cyphoderris monstrosa [27, 98]

7

14 (93/7)

21 (3.5)

Collembola

Entomobryomorpha

Lepidocyrtus cyaneus

5

1 (100/0)

6 (1.0)

Malacostraca

Decapoda

Goneplax rhomboides [109]

2

5 (20/80)

7 (1.2)

  

Subtotals

481 (81)

112 (19)

593